adjective
- Distinguished from others in excellence.
- usage: "did outstanding work in human relations"; "an outstanding war record"
- Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.
- usage: "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"
- synonyms: prominent, salient, spectacular, striking
- Owed as a debt.
- usage: "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"
- synonyms: owing, undischarged
- Of major significance or importance.
- usage: "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"
- synonyms: great
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